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April 1971 5-a-day

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April 1971

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in April 1971

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  1. 1st April 1971Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  2. 2nd April 1971Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  3. 3rd April 1971Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  4. 4th April 1971Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  5. 5th April 1971State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.
  6. 6th April 1971On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  7. 7th April 1971What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  8. 8th April 1971A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
  9. 9th April 1971State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  10. 10th April 1971Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  11. 11th April 1971Define 'food miles'.
  12. 12th April 1971Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  13. 13th April 1971Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  14. 14th April 1971Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  15. 15th April 1971Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  16. 16th April 1971What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  17. 17th April 1971What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  18. 18th April 1971Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  19. 19th April 1971Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  20. 20th April 1971Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  21. 21st April 1971In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  22. 22nd April 1971Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  23. 23rd April 1971Define 'urban sustainability'.
  24. 24th April 1971Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  25. 25th April 1971State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
  26. 26th April 1971Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
  27. 27th April 1971What is a glacial trough?
  28. 28th April 1971In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
  29. 29th April 1971Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
  30. 30th April 1971Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.